Chapter 123: Confusion (4000 words)
The next day, the Red Viper Tavern changed hands, much to everyone's surprise.
They didn't expect that the caravan of Alikala, which had suffered heavy losses, did not decrease in combat effectiveness, but became stronger.
In the past, although Alikala's caravan overpowered the Red Viper Tavern, it definitely did not have the ability to overwhelm the Red Viper Tavern.
Ah no, the caravan of Alikala has been renamed, and it should now be called the caravan of Agreus.
There is no city lord or guard in Akeam City, and all the rules and order are very simple, that is, fists and wealth.
The bigger the fist, the more wealth you can get. The more wealth you have, the more power you have to speak in Ake Amu City.
Angrev is the richest man in Akeam, he owns three slave catchers, occupies 1/3 of the wells in Akeam, and then maintains a mercenary relationship with the scimitar mercenary group, and has always been in contact with the slave traders of the Emerald City.
He is also rumored to be in collusion with the ruthless vulture bandits, but there has been no direct evidence.
Angrev is a well-deserved overlord of the city of Akamu, but he is old.
When people are old, especially when the people who hold power are old, there will always be some unwillingness and fear.
They are not willing to let their bodies weaken day by day, they are not willing to let their power leave them, and they are also afraid that those hairy boys will kill them, just like they once killed those old overlords, and step on their heads to the throne.
No one likes to be a pedal, especially these powerful figures.
Angrev, that's it.
In recent years, he has become suspicious, especially when he notices that the hairy boys who have surrendered to him are about to move, and his behavior has become more and more crazy.
He constantly plots and tricks, and constantly tries to suppress those hairy boys who are rising, but unfortunately he is old and can't stand the toss, especially this desert, which is not a good place to retire, so he doesn't have the energy of his youth, which leads to failures again and again, but makes those hairy boys stronger and stronger.
Eventually, Angrev gave up the crackdown, used a lot of wealth as bait, and instead played the trick of checks and balances, and finally this situation was maintained, and it passed smoothly for five years.
But now, his heart was throbbing again.
Last night, the Red Viper Tavern attacked the Achilles caravan, and its own army was wiped out.
He didn't know that.
This morning, the caravan of Agthius forcibly took over the Red Viper Tavern.
At this point, he did not react in time.
Now, seeing that the caravan of Agreus had become famous in a battle and grew in an instant, he began to be vigilant.
Aglius, a small character whose name he had never heard before, suddenly rose to prominence, and this momentum frightened him, because the desert was the most indispensable for this kind of person, an adventure, a sudden change, and then a blockbuster, remembering that he would either be stopped in time or grow into a hegemon.
It is this kind of person that Angreev fears the most, because he himself is this kind of person, and only he who is also this kind of person knows how terrible the potential of such a person is.
No, this kid has to be killed.
With a distorted face, Angel Lev hurried to the bedroom, drove away all the servants, and then pushed open the bookcase, revealing the secret room inside, and walked in.
The secret room was empty, except for a stone platform in the middle, on which a golden wine cup with dense runes was enshrined.
Ordinary wine, the more you drink, the warmer it gets, and the more you drink, the more drunk you get.
And the wine born in the golden wine glass, the more you drink, the colder it gets, and the more you drink, the more sober it becomes.
Angel still vividly remembers how mesmerizing the absolute soberness he was when he drank it for the first time.
It's a pity that the potency of this wine has become worse and worse, and his dependence on this wine has become more and more serious, resulting in some nervousness now, and his brain is generally chaotic, and he often goes crazy.
As soon as I approached the glass, the unique fragrance came to my nose.
With an obsessive look on his face, Angrev staggered closer to the glass like a walking corpse, and drank the wine from the glass in one gulp.
Suddenly, as if a knife cut through the darkness, as if the twilight sun pierced the chaos, and as if he had been asleep for hundreds of years and was awakened by a glass of ice water, his brain was suddenly active.
First of all, it is necessary to find out who instructed the red viper.
Secondly, the snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits.
But in this process, it has to be done well, so I should play the ......
Angrev narrowed his eyes: I'm sorry, daughter, I wronged you.
An invitation was handed to Aglius's desk, and Dam hugged his arms, leaned against the wall, and pouted: "Trouble is coming." ”
Agreus opened the invitation card and snorted coldly: "Just Anglev, what kind of trouble." ”
Hmph, his backstage is the famous Angela, destroying the existence of a prosperous city-state, and he, Lord Agreus, is Lord Angela's number one lackey, and Angela Angela is nothing.
Agreus was ready to refuse without even thinking about it, but ......
His eyes widened, as if he had been stimulated by the three words on the invitation.
Sophia, one of Angreve's many daughters, is one of the most outstanding of them all.
She has thick black hair, deep brown eyes, a beautiful face, bronzed skin, and a toned body like a leopard.
Agreus swallowed hard, no one did not covet Sophia, but so far no one has gotten Sophia, because Sophia looks down on men who are weaker than herself.
If you want to be her man, you have to beat her.
And so far, the number of suitors who have died at her hands has been as high as double digits.
In those images, Aglius remembered vividly how the suitors had been pierced through the throat or heart by Sophia's delicate spear.
If he could get such a Valkyrie, he would be willing to let Agreus live ten years less.
Thinking about the slender and powerful long legs, thinking about the extraordinary sense of conquest, Agreus immediately felt a sense of lust.
As for whether he would end up being impaled by a spear like other suitors, Agreus didn't think about it.
Since that trial, he has been so confident that even a Valkyrie will still be subjugated by his own scimitar.
"In that case, then I'll go and see what you're up to!"
Agreus stood up and walked out with his hands behind his back.
Damm looked puzzled, obviously he had a disdainful look just now, why did he suddenly become so excited.
He walked over to the table, flipped through the invitation, and said, "! Agreus, you don't want to die! ”
Dam still remembers the fear of being dominated by the spear, and it is precisely because of this psychological shadow that he puts down the scimitar and picks up the throwing knife, just because the flying knife attacks at a longer distance.
But even with the knife in his hand, he didn't have the courage to challenge the crazy woman.
Suddenly, he thought about the performance of Achilles that day, and it seemed, as if, as if...... It always felt like Agreus had a better chance of winning.
"Phew! What's so good about that woman, she's dark-skinned and she's a violent maniac. Dam muttered to himself with a sour face, and he wouldn't admit that he had been coveting the smooth skin, the muscular thighs.
On the other end, the old and overweight Anglev sat naked by the pool, basking in the sun, drinking ice water, enjoying a massage by a group of beautiful women, while the chair under him rattled, fearing that the next moment it would collapse due to its weight.
What a luxury it is to live in the desert.
In the desert, the most expensive thing is never gold, because gold is just a currency.
Beauty and water are in some ways more valuable than gold.
The weather in the desert is so bad, most of the people who live here are thin and ugly, and beauty is definitely a rare resource among the rare.
And water, which is related to life, is more precious than food.
As for ice, it is even more expensive and is a disposable luxury.
And now, Anglev is surrounded by beautiful women, bathing with precious water, drinking ice water, which is a life that most people can't imagine.
"Ahh
A scream sounded in Anglev's ears, and it turned out that a beautiful woman was hurt by Anglev.
Angrev, who was half-asleep with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes, and the screaming beauty suddenly turned pale.
The corners of Angrev's mouth were crooked, and he smiled weirdly, and his eyes were red as he looked at this beauty.
"Ahh
An even more miserable cry sounded, and the beauties around them were all pale, and they hurriedly hid to the side and watched Angeleve commit violence.
In the midst of a scream, Angelev's lips were bloody, and he excitedly sucked the wounds on the beauty's body, and let out a beastly howl, while the beauty's screams became weaker and weaker.
After a while, Angrev came to his senses and stood up with an ugly face.
And the beauty on the ground, with bruises and wounds on her teeth, was already dying.
The injuries were only skin trauma, and the more serious injuries were caused by Angreve's excessive weight.
Because of excessive compression, one of the beauty's ribs was broken, and her internal organs were squeezed together, and she was almost suffocated.
"Someone, someone......"
The attendant ran in from the outside and looked at the woman lying on the ground, the corners of his eyes twitching.
"Drag her down for me, treat what can be cured, and if she can't, feed her medicine, and sell it."
"Yes! My lord. The attendant cursed the beast in his heart, picked up the limp woman on the ground, and hurried out.
At this time, another person came in, and when the attendant saw that the person who came was the butler, he hurriedly bent down and saluted, and the butler raised his head arrogantly and passed by the attendant.
The attendant faintly heard a voice behind him, as if he was saying something about Akemu no secrets, Agreus, and the Red Viper or something.
"Ahh
A terrible scream sounded, and the attendant who had just walked to the door turned his head and saw that the arrogant butler had been pressed to the ground by Anglev's head with both hands.
"Humph! Deserve. ”
A hint of schadenfreude flashed across the squire's face, and he quickly quickened his pace and left the place at a faster pace.
Click!
The crisp sound of cracking bones reached his ears, and the attendant could already imagine the butler being squeezed by Angreev's arms and shot his head.
Although Angrev is old, although his body is overweight, these only affect his agile body and brain, but his strength is as good as ever, he can still swing the heavy double hammer, still wear the heavy armor, and still be able to squeeze the human head like a watermelon.
Things were very embarrassing, Angreev's face turned black, and the people around him were frightened and hid far away, and the scene was silent for a while, leaving only Anglev sitting in the chair and the headless corpse at his feet.
Angrev never imagined that the person who instructed the red viper would be himself, and he himself had forgotten about it after a good night's sleep.
Therefore, the previous plan of the sandpiper and the clam to compete for the profit of the fisherman died from the beginning.
Angreve's head ached, and he was terrified by the fact that he found that his previously proud mind was now more useless than he had imagined.
Ake Amu has no secrets, and the chief of Achilles will find out that this is the real murderer.
It seems that tonight we have to change that dinner to a Hongmen banquet.
Wait, no!
Angrev suddenly remembered that only the Red Viper and the attendant who delivered the letter knew about it, and even the attendant didn't know the whole thing, he just sent a letter.
Later, he ordered the housekeeper to investigate the matter, and the housekeeper also asked the attendant before guessing that it was done by Anglev, and later mentioned it in front of Anglev, and then remembered with Anglev, and then became angry.
And now, the Red Viper and the butler are dead, as long as the squire is destroyed, won't all the problems be solved? The Fisherman's plan can still go on as usual, and he can even use this to get Agreus to help him get rid of all the people who are a threat to him.
"Hehehehehehe......" Angelev laughed nervously, touched his bare head and said to himself triumphantly: "It seems that I am not old and confused, my brain is still so useful." ”
It's a pity that his old confused brain didn't expect that when the attendant delivered the letter, many people saw it.
And later he said that he asked the housekeeper to check this matter, and the housekeeper is not good at fighting, so he often brings two bodyguards by the way, so two bodyguards also know about this matter, and the two bodyguards know about it, which means that many people know.
Because, there are no secrets in Akeam.
Aglius' brow furrowed tightly, contemplating Angelev's purpose.
Angrev, who instructed people to kill him, now invites himself to a banquet, and vows to marry his daughter to him.
So, this is the Hongmen Banquet?
However, if it is a Hongmen banquet, there are many signs that it does not make sense, and the Hongmen banquet should at least arrange people, but now that it is almost time for the banquet, I still haven't seen Angrev arrange people.
So, is it poisoning?
There are too many poisonous insects and poisonous snakes in the desert, and too many people will use poison, and everyone has their own set of anti-poisoning, so the failure rate of poisoning is very large.
Therefore......
Forget it, since you can't figure it out, it's good to find someone to help you think about it.
And that person is a middle-aged woman, Aya, the mother of Ireland.
Aya, although she looks like a middle-aged aunt now, was a beauty when she was young, and because of this, she was poisoned by Anglev early, and was later played bad and thrown out of the house.
Fortunately, Aya's father is not a simple character, he did not give up on Aya, and spent a lot of money to restore Aya's health.
However, that dark day was deeply imprinted in Aya's heart.
Aya has an unforgettable hatred for Anglev.
She always wanted revenge, and later instilled this hatred into Ireland, Ireland later had that kind of knife technique at a young age, and had a close relationship with Aya's strict mother, and because she was too strict, she cultivated Ireland as a killer, so Ireland preferred his uncle, and the relationship with Aya was not good.
If you know Angrev best, Aya is one of them.